gable roof
noun
a roof sloping downward in two parts at an angle from a central ridge, so as to leave a gable at each end.
Origin of gable roof
1First recorded in 1840–50
- Also called pitched roof.
Other words from gable roof
- gable-roofed, adjective
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How to use gable roof in a sentence
They nested in their old corner under the eaves of Caspar's gable-roof.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls | VariousThe soil is usually hard and dry, and the water runs off as though from a gable roof.
Our National Forests | Richard H. Douai BoerkerThe knoll which Bertha and Sire had descended made a grade like the pitch of an old gable roof.
The Incendiary | W. A. (William Augustine) LeahyThe Meyer home was altered soon afterwards, a gable roof and additional windows being added.
Old Fort Garland | James T. ForrestAt last it alighted on a lofty gable-roof, on whose ridge was its firmly-fastened nest.
The Burgomaster's Wife, Complete | Georg Ebers
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